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Open Access Original Article
Do Hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity increase the risk of severity of nephrolithiasis? Eyup Burak Sancak1, Mustafa Reşorlu2, Alpaslan Akbas3, Murat Tolga Gulpinar4, Muhammet Arslan5, Berkan Resorlu6 ABSTRACT Objective: In this study we planned to investigate the relationship between presence of kidney stones and stone burden with hypertension (HT), diabetes mellitus (DM) and body mass index (BMI). Methods: A total of 574 patients were included in the study. None of the patients had a history of stones. The 121 patients with kidney stone identified on ultrasound evaluation and the 453 patients with no stones were compared in terms of HT, BMI and DM. The stone burden of 121 patients with diagnosed stones was compared in terms of the same variables. Results: Of the 121 patients with kidney stones 30 (24.7%) had HT, while 66 (14.5%) of the 453 patients without stones had HT (p=0.007). BMI values of those with and without stones were 27.2 ± 4.93 kg/m2 and 25.29 ± 4.12 kg/m2, respectively (p
